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Mechanisms which encourage beneficiary participation in decision making in rural development assistance projects in developing countries

Creator:: Bates, Reid A.
Abstract:: This study was designed to discover how beneficiary participation in decision making can be encouraged and enhanced in rural development assistance projects in developing countries. The study sought to increase the understanding about how beneficiary participation occurs through the identification of patterns, processes or techniques in development assistance projects that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: development assistance project managers. A constant comparative method of qualitative data analysis was

Systems theory for minority students : a potential tool for the improvement of academic performance

Creator:: Godwin, Karen Sato
Abstract:: The study was undertaken to determine if the construct and vocabulary of systems theory are related to academic performance such that a) the understanding of either or both can predict grade-point average for college students, and b) the explicit teaching of both construct and vocabulary to minority students can improve...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: for the improvement of academic performance AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Karen Sato Godwin for the

A manager's planning guide for international training using total project acculturation : culturally adapted management and learning methodologies

Creator:: Blood, Pieter H.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to develop a manager's planning guide to aid in the development and improvement of international training projects through the use of the Total Project Acculturation (TPA) concept. The use of TPA promotes comprehensive learning through the use of project specific and culturally adaptive learning...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: using total project acculturation : culturally adapted management and learning methodologies AN

The effects of the science curriculum improvement study (SCIS) on science achievement of selected sixth grade students

Creator:: Hoover, John Michael
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this investigation was to measure some of the effects of an elementary science program, the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) on science achievement of certain sixth grade students. Important to the problem was how the SCIS students compared with students exposed to a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: The effects of the science curriculum improvement study

An analysis of selected program outcomes in the industrial arts education project : Occupational Versatility

Creator:: Starr, Jack
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The purpose of this study was to determine if eighth grade students taking industrial arts education for the first time would experience a significant shift in beliefs about the problem solving process and have class performance altered by participation in project Occupational Versatility. In order to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: SELECTED PROGRAM OUTCOMES IN THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS EDUCATION PROJECT: OCCUPATIONAL VERSATILITY Abstract

A profile of professional improvement needs as perceived by occupational education instructors in Oregon community colleges

Creator:: Reinmuth, Charles Morris
Abstract:: The Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to develop a profile of the professional improvement needs of occupational instructors in Oregon community colleges as perceived by selected instructors. Specific objectives included: (I) to determine on a 5-point rating scale how proficient occupational instructors feel they should...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: instructors is advocated but there is no evidence that the professional improvement needs of these

Attitudes toward and basic understanding of mathematics of prospective elementary teachers and the factors influencing attitudes and basic understanding of mathematics

Creator:: Wall, Patricia J.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to investigate the attitudes toward mathematics of prospective elementary teachers and their basic understanding of mathematics. Two hundred fourteen subjects, representing prospective teachers from Oregon State University and Western Oregon State College participated in this study. The responses of this total population to the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: presented on November 11, 1985 Title: Attitudes toward and Basic Understanding of Mathematics of

A study of attitude and teaching performance of degree and non-degree teachers in industrial education

Creator:: Pfahl, Alvin Kenneth, 1923-
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The study was designed to determine whether the amount of formal education industrial education teachers have completed does affect their (1) attitude toward teaching and (2) performance in the classroom. The specific questions formulated to investigate this research were: 1. Will the amount of formal education...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: for the DOCTOR OF EDUCATION (Name) (Degree) in EDUCATION presented on November 11, 1970 (Major) (Date

The identification of rural public health sanitarian competencies for developing countries

Creator:: Okoye, Peter Iloabuchi
Abstract:: The primary purpose of this study was to identify the competencies essential for effective performance as a rural public health sanitarian in developing countries. The need to identify rural sanitarian competencies in developing countries is closely related to the World Health Organization's goal of "Health for all by the year...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Doctor of Philosophy in Education presented on December 11, 1985. Title: The Identification of Rural

Effectiveness of three methods of expanding sex-role perceptions to a more androgynous state

Creator:: Van Winkle, Christine Ann
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of three methods of changing vocational educators' sex-role perceptions of themselves and their sex-role perceptions of males and females to a more androgynous state. The hypotheses tested were: (1) there is no difference in sex -role...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: degree of Master of Science in Education presented on August 11, 1977 Title: EFFECTIVENESS OF THREE

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Mechanisms which encourage beneficiary participation in decision making in rural development assistance projects in developing countries

Systems theory for minority students : a potential tool for the improvement of academic performance

A manager's planning guide for international training using total project acculturation : culturally adapted management and learning methodologies

The effects of the science curriculum improvement study (SCIS) on science achievement of selected sixth grade students

An analysis of selected program outcomes in the industrial arts education project : Occupational Versatility

A profile of professional improvement needs as perceived by occupational education instructors in Oregon community colleges

Attitudes toward and basic understanding of mathematics of prospective elementary teachers and the factors influencing attitudes and basic understanding of mathematics

A study of attitude and teaching performance of degree and non-degree teachers in industrial education

The identification of rural public health sanitarian competencies for developing countries

Effectiveness of three methods of expanding sex-role perceptions to a more androgynous state

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